Repeatable date fields not working properly with xforms:select1

Hi All,

I came across a sort of special-case issue recently with the date picker in the most recent nightly build; I'm not sure yet if it's a bug or a flaw in my code.

I have an xf:select1 text field that uses the 'appearance=xxforms:autocomplete' attribute, and next to it is a date picker. Naturally, I would like the value of the field to reflect what the user selects within the date picker.

Now, originally this did not work; when a new section is added, and the date picker corresponding to the new field is clicked, the value of the new text field does not update.

HOWEVER, for some reason if I provided inline XML instance data, rather than referencing it from an external file, everything works as expected.

Attached is my code, with two different XHTML documents: one that references an external XML file to provide instance data, and another that provides inline instance data. I would much prefer to have the instance data external if possible.



Steps to reproduce problem:

1) Download attachment and make sure the 'view' attribute of the page element in page_flow.xml is set to "test_xforms.xhtml" (external instance data)
2) Click date picker and select any date - value should be reflected in text field to the left.
3) Click the green "+" icon to add a new section.
4) Click the date picker of the newly added section - value will not be in the new text field, but the XML in the Instance Inspector will still be changed.
5) Change 'view' attribute in page_flow.xml to "test_xforms2.xhtml" (inline instance data) and repeat steps 2 through 4. Everything should work fine.


Thanks in advance!!


---Philip


xforms-bind-test.zip

Erik/Alex,

I was just wondering if you had been able to reproduce my issue - or perhaps my thread slipped through the cracks. :-)


---Philip

Philip,

I had a look at this and found a couple of issue:

* It seems that inline instances see white space within leaf elements
collapsed. This explains the difference between the inline vs.
external scenario.
* When space is NOT collapsed, the value of the select control
contains a "\n" character. This throws off some comparison logic in
xforms.js.

I entered two bugs:

http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314120&group_id=168&atid=350207
http://forge.ow2.org/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=314121&group_id=168&atid=350207

It would be good to address these issues, but in the meanwhile, if you
write your instances as:

<pubdate></pubdate or <pubdate/>

instead of:

<pubdate>
</pubdate>

Your problem should go away.

-Erik

On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Philip.Cantin<[hidden email]> wrote:

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